"Nova Orbis Terrarum Delineatio Singulari Ratione Accommodata Meridiano Tabb. Rudolphi Astronomicarum.", ancient world map from 1630, made by Philippus Eckebrecht.
The map is one of the most visually dramatic world maps, dominated by the German Imperial double-headed eagle holding all the world in its wings, an allegory of imperial protection under which the map was created. The special feature of this world map is the nature of the division of the earth's surface into three partial figures, constructed so that the prime meridian would pass through Uraniborg, Tycho Brahe's observatory on the island of Hven, the leading European centre of astronomical research during the first years of the seventeenth century.
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
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